West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1887-11-10

| o,VuU miles away. But can hear I'm the foot
sep or that young man, on his way TO the
house of worship this morning stem not onlv
/ OF lifetime OF usefulness but the coming
step OF eternal joys OF heaven yet millions
! of miles away.
There are magnificent possibilities before
each Of you young mon OF tho stout bear,
and tho buoyant step and tho bounding
| spirit. would marshal YOU for Fraud
| achievement God now provides FOR Won tho
/ neet and the armOr and tho fortincationa
! Whoi ON the Lords sidel Tho captain OF tha
zouavcs in ancient times, 90 encourage them
! against the Immense odds on the sido OF their
! enemies, said: "Como. my mon look thesa
fellows in the face They arc 6,0OO, you are
500 Surely the match is event. That
\ speech gave them the victory. Re not my
nearer, dismaycd at any time by what seems
an immense odds against you. Is fortune Is
wanU OF education. are men, are devils
J against your Though the multitudeS OF earth
and hell confront you, stand up 10 the
charge, With l,OOJ,O0O against YOU the
match is just even. Nay, you have a decided
advantage. IL God be for us, who can be
| against usi Thus protected, YOU need not
\ ants
| Many years ago word came to me that two
nhP0stlrs, rs temperance lecturers, had been
| speaking IN Ohio in various places and Civ
/ ing their experience and they told their
audience that they had long been Intimate
with me and had become drunkards by dining
Il linuOFg of
MI sorts Indignant to tho last degree |
went down 10 Patrick Campbell. chief OF
brooklyn police, saying was going to start
that night TO Ohio to have these vii
Ians arrested, and L wanted him 10
tell me how to make the arrest He smiled
ana sad: do not waste your time by chas-
ing these men. Go home and do your work
ana they can do you no harmn | took his
counsel and all was well. Long ago / made
up my mind that If one will put his trust in
GOD ana DC faithful TO duty he need not fear
any evil Have God on your side young
man. and all the combined forces Of earth
and hell can do no damage
And this leads me to say that the mightiest
Oh al defense Tor young man is the posses
sion or thorough religious principle. Nothing
can take the place of il. He may have man,
ners THAT would put to shame the graceful
ness ana courtesy OF a Lord Chesterfield For
I IIs languages may drop from his tongue.
lie may be able TO discuss literatures and
laws and foreign customs. He NAV WELD n
pen of unequaled polish and power Hisouick
ness and tact may qualify him for the high
est salary Of the counting house. He may be
as sharp as Herod and as strong as SamGon.
, Win as me locks as those which hung AbSa-
ION, still he Is not safe from contamina-
ton. The more elegant his manner, aud the
more fascinating his dress, the more peril
satan does not care much for the allegiance
OF coward and illiterate being He cannot
bring him into efficient service Bnt no loves
10 storm that castle of character which has
in 1t tho most spoils and treasures IL was
noI some crazy craft creeping along the coast
with valueleSs cargo that the pirate at
tackled, but the ship, full winged and tagged
plying between great ports, carrying its
million or specie. The more your natural
and acquired accomplishments, the more
heed OIL the religion OF Jesus. That does not
cut IN upon or hack up any smoothness of
disposition or behavior. 1t gives symmetry
IL arrests that in the soul which ought to he
arrested, ana propels chat which ought
III lie h Il
eieyates and transforms When the Holy
spirit lmpresses the image of God on the
heart he does not spoil the canvas If in all
inc multitudes OF ve;;Hg men upon whom re-
ligion has acted Won could find one nature
that had been the least damaged | would
yleId Ihls proposition, You may nGw have
enough strength of character to repel the
various temptations 70 gross wickedneSs
which all you, but / 10 not know i'm
what strait you may be thrust at some
future time. Nothing short of the grace of
the cross may then be able to deliver you
from the lions. You are not meeker than
Moses, nor holier than David, nor more pa
tient than JOB, and you ought not to consider
yourself invulnerabe. You NAV have some
weak point of character that YOU have never
discovered, and in some hour when You
are assaulted the Philistines will be
upon thee, Samson. Trust not in your
good habits, or your early training or
your pride OF character; nothing short
OF the arm OF Almighty God will b. sufficient
to uphold you. You look forward to the
world sometimes witha chilling dependency.
Cheer upl will tell you how you all may
make q fortune Seek first the kingdom OF
God and his righteousness and all other things
VIII be added unto you" know you do not
want 70 be mean in this matter. Give God
the freshness OF your life. You will not have
the heart TO drink down the brmming cup of
life and then pour the dreg's on Gods
Alta. 10 Saviour so infinitely generous
you have not the heart to act like
n hat Il,
honorable, that IS not manly. Your greatest
want in ali the world is a new heart in Gods
name tell you that. And the Blessed Spirit
presses through the soemnities and pTivi-
leges Of this holy hour Put the cup Of life
eternal 10 your thirsty lips. Thrust it not
back. Mercy offers il, bleeding mercy, long
suffering mercy. Reject all other friend
ships; be ungrateful for all other Kindness
prove recreant to all other bargains but
desPise Gods love for your immortal soul
don't yon do that
would like TO see some of you this hour
press out Of the ranks OF the world and Law
your conquered spirit at the feet OF Jesus
This hour IS no wandering vagabond stagger-
ing over tho earth; it is winged messenger
OF The skies whispering mercy to thy soul
Life rs SIN 10Th now, but after n while IL may
be rough. wild and precipitate. There comes
crisis IN the history OF every man. We
seldom understand that turning point until
" is far past The road Of life is forked and
read on two signboards: "This is the wav
70 happiness, - This Is tho way TO ruin -
How apt are we 90 pass the forks Of the road
without thinking whether it. comes out at the
door Of bliss or the gates Of darkness
Many years ago / stood on the anniversary
platform with minister OF Christ who made
this remarkable statement:
'lmrty years ago two young men started
out in the evening toattcnd the Park Theatre
New York, where play was to be acted i'm
which the cause Of religion was TO be placed
in a ridiculous and hypocritcal light They
came 70 tho steps. Tho consciences Of both
smote them. One started 20 20 home. but
returned again 20 the door. and vet had
not COURAGE 10 en- cr, and finally dc.
parted. But the other young man entered
the pit OF the theatre. IL was the turning
point In the history Of those two young mon.
he man who entered was caught In the
Whirl Of temptation. He sank deeper and
cooper in infamy. He was lost The other
young man was saved, and 10 now stands
before you TO bless God that FOR twenty Years
he mas been permitted 90 preach the Go.peI
Rejoice, o young man, in thy youth and
Jet Thy heart cheer thee I'm the days OF fhV
youth; but know thou that FOR am these
things Cod will bring thee into Judgment